Mr. Chairman, I would point out that over the last three or four years we've actually decreased the number of employees that we have working across the Northwest Territories. I will admit that they've moved around by community, and some departments have gone down more than others, some departments have gained. But in this particular instance, the seven PYs in the Executive were already existing, Mr. Chairman, they were there last year. They're not exactly brand new, they were there working last year. The feeling was that these PYs were justified. It wasn't as many as departments were asking for, believe me.

Could we have done it from within? Well, yes, I suppose we could have downsized some more from within, Mr. Chairman. We chose not to do that. Thank you.